DAYBOOK Log

1:38pm on Tuesday.

It is now officially, DAYBOOK time with the kids. What is Daybook? Each child has a composition book and for 15 minutes, they write in their 'daybooks'. Perry and Simon are sitting together with their books on the couch. The two are bent on their knees, leaning forward. Lucy is on her knees, facing the coffee table. I am currently by the fire place. During Daybook time, a selected child gets to pick out music. Lucy has picked out her piano lesson CD. I am hoping that this is a successful time for all of us.

It is quiet, there is music and, crossing fingers, there is writing. We are beginning with 15 minutes and maybe we will need to tone it down to 10. I think this would be a good end to our day. We are supposed to go to the art store today to get canvas for our "Frida Kahlo" self-portraits. We will see if we make it. It is 2pm and we are still doing school. We also have the food shelf to work at this afternoon.

Today has been a good math day for all three kids. Simon is learning about parallel and perpendicular lines. Perry is still dividing fractions and Lucy's big word for the day was Place Value Notation. It scared her at first, but she is understanding it and now able to add three digit numbers together. If she was still sitting in a first grade desk, she would be adding dominoes together with values of 6 and 3. Today, all three kids had their first introductory lesson on the American Revolution. We went around chanting, "No More Tea! No More Tea!" to symbolize the Boston Tea Party and we made a rap song up about the mean King George the III.

Lucy just read me her Daybook entry and in it, her stuffed animal is quoted as saying, "No more Tea! No more TEA!" I think she had a good lesson today :)

2:00 and it is time to stop.
King George the III
Oh What a NERD
He tried to tax Stamps and TEA
So the colonists had a PAR-TY
Dressed as Indians
They went on the boat
They threw the tea over
And it didn’t float
King George got mad
And made a line of boats
No one could get through
The swimming goats
Colonists wanted to be free
They made an army for you and me
The revolution started and guys did fight
They fought all day ‘til the British took flight.
This is the end of our colonial rap
So let’s have fun and take a good nap
By: Simon, Perry, Lucy and Mommy